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Thailand leader vows to declare emergency
Mar 13 2006 10:52PM (CT)
BANGKOK, Thailand (AP) - Thailand's prime minister vowed Tuesday to declare an emergency if anti-government protests turned violent, as tens of thousands marched on his office to demand his resignation for alleged corruption.
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South Korean prime minister offers to quit
Mar 13 2006 10:35PM (CT)
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - South Korea's prime minister offered to resign Tuesday amid mounting opposition criticism for playing golf when he was expected to oversee the government's response to a railway strike, the president's spokesman said.
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Passengers safe after India train attacked
Mar 13 2006 10:33PM (CT)
NEW DELHI (AP) - Maoist rebels who seized an overnight passenger train in eastern India fled as police and soldiers arrived before dawn on Tuesday, and all the passengers were found safe, an official said.
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U.S. Air Force F-16 crashes in Yellow Sea
Mar 13 2006 9:55PM (CT)
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - A U.S. Air Force F-16 fighter jet crashed Tuesday morning in waters off the west coast of the Korean Peninsula and the pilot safely ejected, the U.S. military said.
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Chinese premier offers Taiwan contact
Mar 13 2006 9:55PM (CT)
BEIJING (AP) - China's premier on Tuesday accused the Taiwanese leader of pursuing formal independence and damaging regional stability, but offered to have official contacts with his party if it renounces its pro-independence stance.
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China to build two high-speed railways
Mar 13 2006 2:56PM (CT)
BEIJING (AP) - China announced Monday it will spend $22 billion to build two of the world's most ambitious railway-building projects _ the nation's second magnetic levitation train and a high-speed railway linking Beijing and Shanghai.
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U.S. to hand over Afghan mission to NATO
Mar 13 2006 2:47PM (CT)
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) - The American mission to bring order to this unruly country is being handed to a multinational force led by the NATO alliance, a move that will subordinate U.S. troops under foreign command in a combat situation for the first time since World War II.
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Buddhists helping anti-Thaksin movement
Mar 13 2006 12:17PM (CT)
BANGKOK, Thailand (AP) - In the morning, they pray and collect alms. At night, they march and shout for Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra to resign.
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Nepal offers amnesty, cash to surrender
Mar 13 2006 10:22AM (CT)
KATMANDU, Nepal (AP) - Nepal's royal government offered amnesty, cash, jobs and land Monday to communist rebels who surrender in the next three months.
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11 suspected militants held in Afghanistan
Mar 13 2006 7:20AM (CT)
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) - Coalition forces backed by attack helicopters and gunships on Monday swept a valley in eastern Afghanistan and detained 11 suspected militants believed responsible for an roadside bombing that killed four American service members.
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Indonesian court rejects Guterres' appeal
Mar 13 2006 6:20AM (CT)
JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) - Indonesia's top court has rejected a final appeal by notorious militia leader Eurico Guterres over his role in the 1999 violence in East Timor, meaning he will have to serve out a 10-year sentence, media reports said Monday.
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N.Korea blames U.S. for stalled nuke talks
Mar 13 2006 5:43AM (CT)
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - North Korea on Monday accused the United States of obstructing nuclear disarmament talks by alleging that the communist regime was involved in counterfeiting and drug trafficking.
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U.N.: Bird flu found in 2 Afghan sites
Mar 13 2006 4:56AM (CT)
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) - Bird flu has been found at two sites in Afghanistan and there's a high risk that tests could prove it to be the deadly H5N1 strain, a U.N. agency said Monday.
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Bangladeshi protestors clash with police
Mar 13 2006 2:44AM (CT)
DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) - Riot police fired tear gas in Bangladesh's capital on Monday to disperse hundreds of stone-throwing activists who tried to march in support of a general strike, witnesses said.
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